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March 19, 2018

The Universitat de Barcelona School of Economics took part in the Futura Master’s and Post-graduate Exhibition for the fourth consecutive year. The school showed its offering for the academic year 2018-2019, including the MSc in Economics, the PhD in Economics and the Summer School on Big Data for Economics. Many students approached the UB School of Economics team in the Faculty of Economics and Business stand. Visitors were provided with…

March 8, 2018

The RecerCaixa programme has awarded two grants to fund the research projects led by UB School of Economics researchers Josep Oriol Escardíbul and Xavier Fageda, which focus on professional training and road congestion in urban areas. The project led by Josep Oriol Escardíbul in collaboration with Antoni Josep Mora from the International University of Catalonia (UIC) will study the future needs of the professional training system in Catalonia and the…

March 8, 2018

The UB School of Economics researcher Francesc Amat has been awarded a Junior Leader La Caixa Fellowship to continue his research career at the Institutions and Political Economy Research Group (IPERG), a research group led by Professor Carles Boix. Francesc Amat will benefit from a three-year contract aimed at retaining talent within our country through the ‘Retaining’ subprogramme of this funding scheme by La Caixa Foundation. Francesc Amat is a research fellow at IPERG since 2017….

March 7, 2018

A recent research study co-authored by Ines P. Murillo Huertas (University of Extremadura), Raul Ramos (University of Barcelona) and Hipolito Simon (University of Alicante) has proven the existence of a sizeable gender wage gap across the Spanish regions. The article published in the scientific journal Social Indicators Research suggests that these variations cannot be fully explained by differences in the extent of discriminatory practices among Spanish regions and that a…

March 6, 2018

The University of Barcelona has been ranked 45th in Europe for Social Sciences and Management after having climbed eight places over the last year, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018. The latest edition of this ranking has placed the university 110th in the world, having risen 25 places since last year. Although Social Sciences and Management is the general branch of knowledge in which the UB…

February 23, 2018

The Universitat de Barcelona School of Economics hosted a Kapuscinski Development Lecture devoted to persistent poverty on February 22nd, 2018. London School of Economics (LSE) professor Oriana Bandiera delivered the lecture to a full auditorium in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Economics and Business, during which she presented the results of a recent study on poverty carried out in Bangladesh. The session was also livestreamed which allowed many…

February 6, 2018

The 2018 edition of the UB School of Economics Summer School will look at Big Data problems from an Economic perspective. The choice of this year’s topic reflects the profound effect that the data revolution is having on economic research. Course participants will analyse why Big Data is an important issue for applied economists and will learn several computer based techniques. Professor at the University of Rennes 1 Arthur Charpentier…

January 30, 2018

Applications for all postgraduate programmes at the Universitat de Barcelona School of Economics are now open. Our institution offers a graduate programme in Economics, encompassing an MSc in Economics and a PhD in Economics. Candidates are advised to apply as early as possible in the admissions cycle. The applications deadline for the master’s programme is June 15th 2018, but the application period is shorter for the doctoral programme and closes…

January 24, 2018

A recent article published by the UB School of Economics researcher Germà Bel and PhD graduate Jordi Rosell in the scientific journal Energy Economics has confirmed the ineffective nature of toll policy design in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. The UB researchers adopted an innovative methodology in order assess the potential impact of several measures to reduce CO2 emissions. The authors found that conventional models encounter difficulties, while quantile analysis…

January 18, 2018

The Regional Quantitative Analysis research group at the University of Barcelona (AQR) in partnership with the European Localized Innovation Observatory (EuroLIO) is organising the 4th Geography of Innovation Conference in Barcelona from Wednesday 31st January to Friday 2nd February 2018. Sessions include contributed papers and keynote presentations. More than 300 delegates from Europe, United States and Asia will be participating in the conference, with around 250 papers to be presented….